Bonwick, MP for Simcoe-Grey from 1997 until 2004, is one of the key subjects of the inquiry over his roles as both a consultant — and as brother to former mayor Sandra Cooper.
Bonwick was a paid consultant for PowerStream, which in 2012 bought a 50-per-cent stake in Collingwood's power utility, Collus, despite the town receiving a much higher bid from another potential buyer.
The public was never told — and the then-mayor never disclosed — that her brother was involved in the multimillion-dollar sell-off.
Inquiry records released last week revealed for the first time that a number of utility insiders were paid bonuses, and that Bonwick — who worked closely with them and his sister in the mayor's office to help PowerStream clinch the deal — made $323,000 in fees.
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